THE VOICE
A NEGRO WEEKLY
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THE FUTURE IS YOURS—
What are you doing about it?
(Presented as a special service to
Negro Youth by this newspaper
in cooperation with the National
Urban League’s Vocational Op
portunity Campaign-March 16-23)
It happened in New York City
and in Massillon, Ohio! It could
happen with you in your town!
Edna Lewis— Costume Designer
Suppose a representative of one
of the country’s fashionable de
partment stores brought you an
armful of rare, exquisite fabrics
and trimmings—like purple lame,
white satin, linked gold chain,
crocheted sequins, filmy feathers
—with vague mentions of Empire
and Louis 15th costume styles,
and visions of delicate, graceful
elegance in workmanship. Then
he adds that the finished product
would be the motifs for seven
Christmas season windows along
New York’s Fifth Avenue—in its
most exclusive neighborhoods,
next to Tiffany’s, a few steps from
Bergdorf-Goodman, the Sherry
Netherlands and Pierre Hotels,
and Plaa Square.
You’d be awed, frightened, and
non-plussed, of course, unless you
had Edna Lewis’ calmness, con
fidence—and ability. For her this
assignment was excitement—pure
excitement. It had hardly been
given before her mind and fingers
were working, fast, expertly, cre
ating the dainty-dazzling cos
tumes which seemed designed for
princesses in a fairyland. In a
week she had finished them—one
week! The job had so fascinated
her she worked night and day—
alone—until it was completed.
Thousands of New Yorkers and
holiday visitors, passing Bonwit
Teller’s windows during the
Christmas season marvelled at
the beauty of the creations—and
possibly none knew they were
the work of a young Negro de
signer. /
(Continued on page 7)
The Negro History Week pro
clamation was presented to
Charles Washington, a junior in
the college of Arts and Sciences
by Governor Val Peterson Mon
day. This is the week set aside
to call attention to the progress
of the race since its freedom from
slavery and to the Negro’s con
tributions to life and culture in
America.
Joyce Williams, one of the few
coeds who is both pretty and in
telligent, was interviewed this
week. She is the daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Williams of
Lincoln. While Joyce lives in
Lincoln now, she has spent most
of her life, in Hannibal, Missouri,
the birthplace of Mark Twain.
She attended Douglas high school
in Hannibal where she was a
member of the girl’s cheering
squad and of the Girl Reserves.
Joyce graduated from high school
in May, 1946. During the sum
mer she worked as a secretary in
the office of her high school,
which gave her good training and
experience toward her vocation—
Private Secretary. Miss Williams
is enrolled in the Business Ad
ministration College.
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Gandhi Sees White Supremacy
As the Seed of World War III
ANISPARA, India (ANP)—A
prediction that white supremacy
is the seed of a third world war,
more violent than the last two,
was made here last week by Mo
handes K. Gandhi in a brief talk
in answer to the question, “should
rich men give up private owner
ship of property and ci’eate a
trust?”
“If such a trusteeship material
ies there would be no reserves
for white men in Australia and
other countries,” Gandhi said,
adding that if it did not material
ize the seed of war might be
sown.
Everything, Gandhi said, be
longed to God and therefore
property was for God’s people
and not for an individual. When
an individual owned more than
his proportionate share, he be
came the trustee of the surplus
for God’s people, the Hindu sage
explained. “White” policies of
various countries may be the seed
of a war more violent than the
two previous global wars
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